How Solar Panels Can Drastically Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

Renewables celebrates World Earth Day with an image of a hand holding the planet with trees, rivers, solar panels, sun and clouds.

Solar panels, made up of photovoltaic cells, are at the heart of this remarkable process. When sunlight hits these cells, they initiate a complex process that converts sunlight into usable electricity.
Simply put, there are two forms of energy generated from the sun for our use – electricity and heat. Both are generated by using solar panels, which range in size suitable for residential to commercial rooftops and to solar farms covering acres of land.